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Any individual engaged in working life or studying within higher education is welcome to join an Akava affiliate union. The unions welcome students, employees, self-employed professionals and entrepreneurs. The jaseneksi.fi service will help you in finding a suitable union on the basis of your field of education or your degree.

If you are in working life, you can contact the shop steward or representative of Akava unions at your workplace and they will assist you in selecting a suitable union.


Talentia Union of Professional Social Workers

Talentia Union of Professional Social Workers advocates the salary-related and professional benefits for social workers with a higher education. Talentia takes action to safeguard proper working conditions for its members to do their work well and cope at work, while also ensuring that the significance of their work is recognised and they receive a fair pay for their work. Talentia aims to advance the status and rights of the membership by contributing to working groups set up to develop the field, by taking part in the preparation of legislation concerning the field of social services and by engaging in social dialogue in Finland and internationally.

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Tehtävä ja toiminta

Talentia skiljer sig från de andra förbunden i synnerhet genom sin starka kompetens när det gäller yrkesetiska frågor inom det sociala området. Som medlem i Talentia får du stöd och råd i situationer som anknyter till anställningsförhållanden och arbetslivet. De 32 medlemsföreningar som hör till Talentia stöder bevakningen av medlemmarnas regionala och fackliga intressen och ordnar mångsidiga rekreations- och föreningsaktiviteter.

Who can join

You can join Talentia if:
- you have earned a degree in social services from an academic university or university of applied sciences
- you hold a college-level degree in social services
- you are a university student in the field of social services or
- you have earned another applicable university degree, majoring in, for example, social psychology, sociology, social services administration, social gerontology, social rehabilitation, education or youth work.

In certain cases, it is possible to join Talentia as a dual member. Dual members are full members in another Akava affiliate with their interests being supervised by the other union.

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